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Table 8_2_8-2d

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 8_2_8.2dPatients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by ethnicity (foreign born only),a United States, 2005

Non-Hispanic

Total

All races

White

Black

Hispanic, all races

Population group

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Total

81.9

0.5

81.8

0.6

81.6

2.0

84.9

1.1

81.9

0.7

Age

0–17

91.9

1.4

91.0

2.0

DSU

DSU

91.7

2.7

93.2

2.0

18–44

82.6

0.6

83.6

0.8

84.4

2.7

84.7

1.4

81.5

0.9

45–64

80.6

1.0

79.7

1.2

83.9

3.8

81.1

3.1

82.1

1.6

65 and over

77.4

1.3

77.3

1.6

75.8

4.4

DSU

DSU

77.6

2.5

Gender

Male

80.9

0.6

81.6

0.8

81.6

2.7

83.4

1.6

79.9

0.9

Female

83.3

0.7

82.1

0.9

81.6

2.9

86.8

1.6

86.0

1.2

a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004, the calculation of completion of therapy has been changed. Estimates are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months. Standard error was calculated assuming simple random sampling.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (number of patients < 50).

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.